Obituaries

Mar 14, 2010

A Memorial Mass for Kenneth Peter "Ken" Zubay, veteran, retired IBM employee and state representative, will be held at 10:00AM Thursday, March 18, 2010 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Military rites will be provided at the church by American Legion Post 92.

Mr. Zubay, age 85, died Sunday, March 14, 2010 at Rochester Methodist Hospital....

Mar 14, 2010

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Mar 11, 2010

Helen (Bergithe) Bjornson McEmber passed away March 11, 2010 at the Seasons Hospice home in Rochester.  She was born March 4th, 1930 at the family farm of her parents, Ethel (Scharberg) and Oscar Bjornson.

She attended 8 grades in the one room country school, District 142, of Olmsted County and graduated from Hayfield High School in 1948. ...

Mar 11, 2010

Sharon Kathryn Teske, age 60, of Rochester, passed away at her home on March 11, 2010 following a lengthy battle with cancer.

Sharon Kathryn Throndson was born on July 4, 1949 in New Hampton, Iowa to Clarence and Rita Throndson.  Sharon graduated from New Hampton High School in 1967 and went on to get an Interior Decorating...

Mar 10, 2010

The Memorial gathering  for Dayle Paul Dahlke will be from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Monday (March 15) at Macken Funeral Home.

Mr. Dahlke 72, of Rochester, died Wednesday (March 10) at his home.  He was born November 20, 1937 in Rochester, MN.  Dayle is retired from the Olmsted County Highway Department.  He married Joan M. Loewen on...

Mar 8, 2010

Robert C. Seaman, 84, of East Gull Lake, MN, passed away on Monday, March 8, 2010, at The Lodge at Summer Oaks in Burnsville surrounded by his beloved family after a courageous 23 month fight with pancreatic cancer.

Robert was born on February 5, 1926, in Rochester, MN, to Paul and Loretta (Blake) Seaman.  He married Donna...

Mar 2, 2010

Maureen Drury Utecht of Rochester passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at Sunrise Cottages. Maureen was born and raised in Milwaukee, WI graduated from Messmer High School and later worked at the Wisconsin Phone Company. She married the love of her life, William, in 1941 and moved with him to St. Paul, MN....

Feb 27, 2010

The funeral service for Julia Eleanor Boynton Jones will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at the Resurrection Catholic Church, with the Rev. Thomas Loomis officiating.

Mrs. Jones, 80, of Rochester, died Saturday (February 27) at the Homestead in Rochester after a long illness.  She was born July 10, 1929, in Milwaukee, WI.  Her former...

Feb 25, 2010

Eleanor Rose Kelly, 92 of Rochester, died Thursday (February 25, 2010) at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester.  A memorial  Mass will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday March 1, 2010 at Saint John The Evangelist Catholic Church, with Rev. Msgr. Gerald A. Mahon officiating.

Eleanor was born September 23, 1917, in Los Angeles, California to Lewis O....

Feb 23, 2010

J. Michael (Mike) Alcorn, 61, of Rochester passed away on Tuesday, February 23 after a long battle with cancer, at home with his family around him.

Mike was born on June 11, 1948, in Minneapolis to Dr. William and Lois (Bonnie) Alcorn.  When he was one year of age the family moved to Wabasso, MN.  He attended...

Feb 21, 2010

Louis James "Lou" Hoppa, age 81 passed away on Sunday, February 21, 2010 at his home in Rochester. A Mass of Resurrection will be held for Mr. Hoppa at 10:00AM at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church on Thursday February 25th 2010, with Rev. Msgr. Gerald A. Mahon officiating.  Visitation will be held Wednesday, February 24, 2010 from 4:00PM...

Feb 20, 2010

Patricia Lorraine Hicks, 82, of Rochester MN, passed away Saturday, Feb. 20 at Augustana Health Center in Minneapolis.

She was born Patricia Slorby on Nov. 20, 1927 in Bismarck ND.   She graduated from Central High School in Rochester and attended Rochester Community College.  After marrying James George Hicks in Shawano WI Aug. 28, 1948, they raised 10...

Feb 17, 2010

J. Isabel Feliciano Hidalgo passed away on February 17, 2010 at St. Marys Hospital.  He was born on November 19, 1981 to Carlos Feliciano Reyes and Elia Hidalgo De Feliciano in Metzquititlan, HGO, Mexico.  He worked at Schoenfelder Farms. He is survived by his wife Yesenia Torentino Sevilla.

A funeral mass will be held on Monday, February...

Feb 17, 2010

The funeral mass for Bernard W. (Barney) Erdman will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, February 20 th at Macken Funeral Home, Rochester, Minnesota with the Rev. Donald Schmitz of Holy Spirit Catholic Church officiating. Burial will be at Fort Snelling National Cemetery Tuesday, February 23 with military honors.

Barney died peacefully Wednesday, February 17 at his...

Feb 16, 2010

Robert F. Clark age 83, of Rochester, passed away on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at St. Mary's Hospital.  Robert was born on September 10, 1926 in Rochester. He attended Rochester High School and afterward enlisted in the US Army. He married Donna M. Lehnherr on January 20, 1951 in Rochester. He worked as a local truck driver in the...

Feb 14, 2010

Robert William "Doc" Oelslager passed away Sunday at his home surrounded by family.  He was born July 1st. 1924, in Fergus Falls Mn.  After Graduating from Fergus Falls High School in 1942, he went to work for the FBI in Washington D.C.

On March 21, 1944 He was inducted into the United States Army at Fort Snelling,...

Feb 12, 2010

Mr. Hoover at the age of 61 passed away peacefully with his family at his bedside on February 12 at the Golden Living Center East.

Ronald Wayne Hoover (Ron), was born on August 4, 1948 in Rochester to Carl and Elsie Hoover. He grew up on a farm in Racine, MN and attended Stewartville High School and...

Feb 4, 2010

Mary Margaret (Dee) Maxon, 80, a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, passed away in Wichita Falls, Texas, on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010.

A Recitation of the Rosary and Christian Wake Service will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, in Macken Funeral Chapel. The Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Friday,...

Jan 30, 2010

Eugene E. Dunagan – Rochester, MN

Eugene E. Dunagan, age 73, of Rochester died January 30, 2010 at Waupun Memorial Hospital in Waupun, WI. of cancer.  Eugene was born November 19, 1936 in Rochester.  He graduated from Lourdes High School in 1954.  He also graduated from St. Mary's College in Winona, MN.  He also attended St. Paul...

Jan 26, 2010

Hildur Elizabeth Anderson – Rochester

Hildur E. (Swanson) Anderson died at St Marys Hospital in Rochester on January 26, 2010.  She was born in Fremont, Minnesota on November 28, 1918.  When she was four years of age Hildur moved to Minneapolis with her parents. She attended Minneapolis Public Schools, Minnehaha Academy High School where she was valedictorian...